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Spain’s car parts maker, Ficosa, is planning to set up in Morocco a plant specialized in producing in-vehicle cameras, Spanish media reported. The Catalonia-based Ficosa, which has been sold to Japan’s Panasonic last July, plans to invest €50 million in two new plants in Morocco and Malaysia respectively. The Moroccan factory will be located in […]
Morocco is well-placed to help Spain supervise mosques and spread tolerant religious discourse, underscored Abdeslam Hamadi, Head of the Muslim community in the Spanish-occupied enclave, Ceuta. Hamadi, who is also the president of the Islamic federation of Andalucia and Spain, deplored the detrimental impact of training delivered by Saudi Arabia. He deemed that Morocco is […]
Sound Energy, the European and African focused upstream gas company, announced that it has received a funding proposal for its Tendrara gas export pipeline in eastern Morocco from Advisory & Finance Group Investment Bank. Sound Energy explained in a statement that after receiving a non-binding expression of interest from Oil & Gas Investment Fund (OGIF) […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco and President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, discussed over the phone Monday progress made in the implementation of the strategic Atlantic Gas Pipeline that will carry Nigerian gas through six West African countries to Morocco with a potential for export to Europe. The two heads of state discussed bilateral relations, with […]
The Moroccan banking group, Attijariwafa bank, and the Sumitomo Corporation Europe Limited, one of the branches of the Japanese giant, have signed recently a memorandum of understanding, under which they agreed to establish a long-term partnership for the implementation of major development projects in Africa. The memorandum seeks to promote cooperation between the two groups […]
Sweden has put off its plan to build reception centers for Moroccans who saw their asylum applications rejected, Swedish media reported. Sweden decided to put on hold the reception centers after Germany withdraw from the project In February, Sweden’s then home affairs minister Anders Ygeman announced that Sweden and Germany would jointly invest in building […]
Moroccan twin sisters, Ibtisam and Ikram Benzian, from Polytechnique Montreal, in Quebec, have been awarded distinctions for coming up with remarkable projects in electrical engineering field. Ibtisam won the first prize for her research on “Continued Assistance System to Quadriplegics”. Her sister and roommate at the school Ikram ranked third for her research on “Measuring […]
Morocco remains largely the most insulated country from terrorist attacks in the region thanks to a three-pronged strategy that combines security measures with promoting moderate religious discourse and fighting poverty, underscored the Times of India. In an opinion article entitled “Get Facts Right: Morocco is a shining example of how to counter radicalisation and terrorism,” […]
The unbearable living conditions imposed on the population held against their will in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps (southwestern Algeria) are pushing thousands of young Sahrawis to flee from the prevailing despair and atrocious conditions A leaked letter sent by the so-called ambassador of the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Republic in Cuba reflects the increasing number of young […]
FARThe Moroccan armed forces (FAR) sent two Canadair planes to Italy to extinguish the fire that ravaged so far more than 2000 hectares of forests. Italy becomes the third country that receives Moroccan aid after Spain and Portugal, which also received Moroccan Canadair flights. Southern Italy, including Sicily, has been plagued by wildfires this summer […]